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Shabnam Nasimi
Navigate complex geopolitical challenges with Shabnam Nasimi, speaker and digital storytelling expert. Shabnam works with organisations to develop cross-cultural communication strategies and refugee integration frameworks, delivering policy insights featured in The Times, Telegraph, and Foreign Policy.
Shabnam Nasimi is a public historian and digital storyteller who bridges cultural narratives between Afghanistan and the West, specialising in making complex geopolitical issues accessible through compelling digital content and policy expertise.
As co-founder of the Friends of Afghan Women Network and former Senior Policy Advisor to the UK Minister for Afghan Resettlement, Shabnam has shaped critical refugee policies while building a significant digital presence with over 200,000 followers across social platforms. Her writing appears regularly in The Times, The Telegraph, and Foreign Policy, establishing her as a trusted voice on South Asian affairs.
Shabnam translates complex regional dynamics into actionable insights for organisations navigating international development challenges. Her unique combination of on-the-ground experience, including launching Afghanistan's first Citizens' Advice Centre that supported 120,000 people annually, and policy expertise helps businesses and NGOs develop culturally informed strategies for engagement in volatile regions. Her successful campaign that convinced then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson to evacuate 30 Afghan Chevening scholars demonstrates her ability to drive meaningful change through strategic advocacy.
Audiences leave Shabnam's presentations with practical frameworks for understanding Afghanistan beyond headlines, strategies for effective cross-cultural communication in crisis situations, and insights into leveraging digital storytelling for humanitarian causes. Her firsthand experience fleeing Taliban rule as a child brings authenticity to discussions about refugee integration and resilience.
Book Shabnam for a rare combination of policy expertise, digital storytelling prowess, and personal insight that transforms how organisations approach complex international challenges.
Shabnam Nasimi brings unparalleled expertise in Afghan-Western relations, combining policy experience as a former UK government advisor with powerful digital storytelling that reaches over 200,000 followers and publications in The Times and Foreign Policy. Book this compelling public historian to gain actionable frameworks for cross-cultural communication, refugee integration strategies, and insights that transform how your organization navigates complex international challenges.
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Shabnam Nasimi structures presentations around a practical frameworks model, drawing on firsthand policy experience and personal narrative — including her experience fleeing Taliban rule — to move audiences from headline-level understanding of Afghanistan to actionable strategies for cross-cultural engagement and humanitarian communication.
Shabnam Nasimi speaks on Afghan geopolitics and refugee policy, cross-cultural communication in crisis contexts, and digital storytelling for humanitarian causes. She served as Senior Policy Advisor to the UK Minister for Afghan Resettlement and co-founded the Friends of Afghan Women Network, with her writing published in The Times, The Telegraph, and Foreign Policy.
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